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brodbnd

I'm using BSNL broadband Home 500 Plan for about 1year. The download speeds at free time 2am to 8am is very frustrating. It goes about 160kbps to 200kbps for uTorrent but when I download files from rapidshare.com at free membership the download speed goes very low (about 8.0 - 9.0kbps) around 2:30am - 3:00am and the speed increases to 30kbps to 50kbps at around 7:56am. I use firefox as browser and I have got the most updated version. With this slow download speed I can't even download a 200mb file in one night. When I only download from rapidshare (do not use uTorrent) speeds are also the same ...

Anyone any help please ???????????

just4kix

Rapidshare (free) download restrictions:

1. Rapidshare (free) customers do not get full download speeds.
2. Downloads do not begin immediately but some 90-120 seconds delay is programmed in.
3. Download managers are not supported.

But even so, you should be able to get 100 KB/s or so.

I will suggest that you try a RS premium account for a month. It will not cost you a lot. but you can check whether the premium account makes any difference at all. At least you will be able to rule out the possibility that free user is the cause or not.

It will be useless to complain to BSNL because:

1. BSNL does not guarantee 2 mbps. It guaratees 256 kbps minimum and anyhting up to 2 mbps.
2. The speeds are guarateed within the BSNL network and not on the internet.
3. You say that torrents are giving you 160~200 kB/s. So that is not the issue. What about downloads from other sites, e.g., Microsoft, Yahoo, etc.?

BSNL will come back to you and say that RS is the problem and not them.

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yogy

I have a RS premium account and I use Orbit Download Manager. I only download 1 file at a time. The download speed depends on my system speed also.
Sometimes I extract huge files while downloading and the speed comes down to about 80-90 KBPS. Or else I get an Avg Speed of 150-180 KBPS.

Evander Leopold

strange case !!! what is ur system config, cpu speed ????
if ur system is very weak, multitasking may weaken cpu usage capabilities of programs , in this case Orbit downloader.

yogy

I have got that problem on BSNL.


What I have noticed is BSNL slows down System speed. I was using another Cable net since 1 year and I never got any system speed problems. Though I keep my system updated,I expireance problems.

internet_guy

some server speeds are choked during night unlimited

there will be lot of people especially bsnl users who download thru rapid share during night ul

so the server r busy and hence low speeds,for you its only rapid share,for me almost 99% sites are slow and my download speed is around 500kbps -700 kbps,during night ul

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luckysingh111

hey friends but i have different experience in free hours. look at the download speed what the hell is this i got 2.3 mb/sec . but i do some adjustments in tcp settings...

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Evander Leopold

thats gr8, what changes u made in tcp

Mr.Tooth Fairy

ya.. thats great.. what settings in tcp can be changed that can lead to 2.3 mbps?

Evander Leopold

hmmmm, he just vanished, i guess i will never know.

Mr.Tooth Fairy

i guess.. we will never know...

chandu17

Hi iam chandu iam using bsnl500plan i will nearly 190~200kbps from all the websites but from a week days iam nit getting the download speeds iam only getting 50kbps.I had tested my bandwidth speed its showing like this,but iam only getting low speeds can any one help with this issue?plzzzzzz.........

rupu1983

send a result of speed from Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test i think cable fault in sea may be reason

StormShadow

but in that screenshot u have made.. the time is 2:32pm.. so ur downloading a file in the afternoon .. not in the night b/w 2-8 where BSNL is restricting the traffic and making it route through choked gateways.

gagg38

FOR TCP SETTING PLZ.....GO
(speedguide.net/tcpoptimizer.php) FOLLOW BY HTTP....
THEN PLZ POST RESULT